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"The Divine Comedy", Inferno: Counsellors of Fraud are wrapped in flames

Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). Inferno, Canto XXVII, Circle 8: Fraud. Bolgia 8: Counsellors of Fraud are wrapped in flames. Dante meets Guido Montefeltro who recounts his life, when he advised Pope Boniface VIII how to conquer the fortress of Palestrina.. Private collection. In 1921, for Dante Aligheri's 600th anniversary of death, the Istituto Nazionale Dantesco chose Amos Nattini to illustrate The Divine Comedy. The illustrations have been published in 1923.

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"The Divine Comedy", Inferno: Counsellors of Fraud are wrapped in flames

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Amos Nattini (1892-1985), "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). Inferno, Canto XXVII, Circle 8: Fraud. Bolgia 8: Counsellors of Fraud are wrapped in flames. Dante meets Guido Montefeltro who recounts his life, when he advised Pope Boniface VIII how to conquer the fortress of Palestrina.. Private collection. In 1921, for Dante Aligheri's 600th anniversary of death, the Istituto Nazionale Dantesco chose Amos Nattini to illustrate The Divine Comedy. The illustrations have been published in 1923.

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6000 x 8798 px | 151.0 MB

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50.8 x 74.5 cm | 20.0 x 29.3 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1923 • BURNED • BURNING • BURNT • DIVINE COMEDY • FIRE • FLAME • HELL • HUMAN TORCH • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • ITALIA • ITALY • LITERATURE • LITHOGRAPH • MAN • MEN • MIDDLE AGES • PAINTING • POETRY • TORTURE • WOMAN